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Alonso Quijano
June 23rd, 2009, 07:33 AM
The Spanish Army tested the missile TAURUS (HQ)


YouTube - El Ejército español prueba su 'arma estratégica' - Misil TAURUS (HQ)

PD: in the missile test carries no explosive charge.



METEORSWARM
June 23rd, 2009, 12:29 PM
The big point this missile is the precision with or not GPS,the seeker IR ground(Lucifer) is the best for this missile.Big precision,letal.
Alonso Quijano
June 23rd, 2009, 12:42 PM
can also carry an explosive charge of 500 pounds, also have stealth capabilities.
swerve
June 23rd, 2009, 04:37 PM
can also carry an explosive charge of 500 pounds, also have stealth capabilities.
Not very stealthy (the manufacturers say that the weight saved by not using RAM adds to range, making more evasive manoeuvres possible), but the warhead is almost 500 kilograms, not pounds. 481 kg, according to the manufacturers.

TAURUS Systems GmbH (http://www.taurus-systems.de/) - with video

Taurus KEPD 350 (http://www.mbda-systems.com/mbda/site/ref/scripts/EN_Taurus-KEPD-350_176.html)